dilapidations

And who does not exactly comprehend the kind of intercourse between Mrs. Norris and Dr. Grant which "had begun in dilapidations"?

Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends 1901

But, in the Green Book, "dilapidations" is supposed to mean decay that occurs during occupancy, not renovation of a crappy flat in a way whereby the MP pockets the capital gains.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

But, in the Green Book, "dilapidations" is supposed to mean decay that occurs during occupancy, not renovation of a crappy flat in a way whereby the MP pockets the capital gains.

Getting away with everything they can 2009

For while many of us may have grown up in vicarages where there seemed to be no money, and while we too heard talk of "dilapidations," the diocesan funds required for the repair of our homes, or were sometimes spoken of in the north of England as "nesh" if we seemed to require more cosseting than a young person should, rather fewer of us experienced the kind of squalor that Sage evokes.

The Woman Who Did Fenton, James 2002

The turbid chaos of your mind threw up some memory of the word "dilapidations" which you have pitifully attempted to disguise under the synonym of "ruins."'

A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

It could be a matter of taste, but this counts as 'dilapidations' in my book! "

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

It could be a matter of taste, but this counts as 'dilapidations' in my book! "

Getting away with everything they can 2009

At the end of the lease £300 was retained to cover cleaning and dilapidations.

Small claims court case study: Stewart family's persistence pays off Rupert Jones 2010

And certainly his redoubtable presence had afforded the city a measure of protection, but for all that there were some scars and dilapidations to be seen along the streets, and an occasional raw-edged gap where a house had been stripped down to its foundations and not yet replaced.

A River So Long 2010

Faced with his dilapidations, has he tossed them aside, or found a new key to his spiritual center, and decided to come alive?

Jill Robinson: A Perfect Valentine's Evening in London 2008